Haiti

News about Haiti, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 21, 2015

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights tells Bahamas that it must improve conditions for mostly Haitian immigrants housed in detention center outside Nassau. MORE

Feb. 18, 2015

Stampede at Carnival parade in Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince kills 16 people and injured 78 others, after singer on float hits overhead power line, igniting sparks and panic. MORE

Jan. 31, 2015

Bahamas has enacted stringent immigration rules requiring everyone to hold passport and sending wave of fear through Haitian immigrant community; rights advocates say that law unfairly targets people of Haitian descent, who are most likely to have immigrated illegally to Bahamas due to poverty at home. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

Prime Min Evans Paul assumes office in Haiti; change comes during period of political instability following dissolution of nation's Parliament. MORE

Jan. 10, 2015

Judge J Paul Oetken, in Manhattan federal court, dismisses a class-action lawsuit by victims of Haiti's cholera epidemic against the United Nations, deeming the organization immune from prosecution based on existing treaties. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

Michael Kimmelman Critic's Notebook observes that Haiti is set to open two open-air medical clinics designed by MASS Design Group to tackle cholera and tuberculosis; notes clinics, rather than hermetically sealing diseases out, use open environment to cut down on infection; says if successful, clinics will offer example to African countries battling Ebola. MORE

Dec. 25, 2014

Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column observes that there are many reasons to celebrate Christmas, even in embattled country like Haiti; reflects that Haiti's slow but sure efforts in battling poverty should inspire everyone on this holiday. MORE

Dec. 22, 2014

Haiti's Health Min Florence Duperval Guillaume is named as country's interim prime minister following resignation of Laurent Lamothe; will hold post for maximum of 30 days before permanent choice is presented to Parliament by Pres Michel Martelly. MORE

Dec. 21, 2014

Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column asks his readers to take a moment during the holiday season to celebrate those philanthropists who have spread the life-changing gift of a university education to young men and women around the globe; praise in particular the Haitian Education and Leadership Program, or HELP, that has sent hundreds of students on to universities, giving Haiti itself hope for a bright future. MORE

Dec. 15, 2014

Haiti's Prime Min Laurent Lamothe announces that he will resign along with several ministers in the wake of antigovernment protests and a commission's call for him to step down; opposition had demanded Lamothe's ouster in order to clear way for long-stalled local and legislative elections. MORE

Dec. 13, 2014

Haitian Pres Michel Martelly says he will accept recommendations of commission calling for resignation of Prime Min Laurent Lamothe as country continues to try to recover from 2010 earthquake that has left it in an intensifying political crisis. MORE

Nov. 30, 2014

Julia Alvarez travel article on road trip down Dominican-Haitian border on Caribbean island of Hispaniola, revealing international strains and cultural highlights. MORE

Oct. 24, 2014

Federal Judge J Paul Oetken hears arguments in first court proceeding over Haitian cholera victims’ lawsuit against the United Nations; they contend infected peacekeepers were responsible for outbreak, which has killed more than 8,000 people since 2010. MORE

Oct. 18, 2014

Obama administration says that beginning in 2015 it will reduce lengthy delays facing thousands of Haitians who have already been approved to join family members in United States and become legal permanent residents; more than 100,000 have been approved for residency visas, known as green cards, but annual caps have forced waits of up to a dozen years for some. MORE

Oct. 9, 2014

Federal judge in New York agrees to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit filed against the United Nations by advocates for Haitian victims of the deadly cholera epidemic that first appeared on the island four years ago. MORE

Oct. 6, 2014

Jean-Claude Duvalier, former president of Haiti known as Baby Doc who ruled country with bloody brutality and shocked it anew with sudden return from 25-year exile in 2011, dies at age 63; Duvalier continued to defend what human rights workers called one of the most oppressive governments in the Western Hemisphere and never apologized for atrocities. MORE

Oct. 5, 2014

Women’s national soccer team from Haiti is on cusp of reaching 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada; each woman on the team can tell a story of despair, still haunted by devastating 2011 earthquake, but each player too has a story of strength and determination that may well win team a berth; no Caribbean nation has ever qualified for the Women's World Cup. MORE

Sep. 13, 2014

Former Haitian Pres Jean-Bertrand Aristide is ordered by court not to leave his home as part of corruption investigation. MORE

Aug. 2, 2014

Op-Ed article by Prof Michel DeGraff and MIT educational technology consultant Molly Ruggles argues that Haitian children face unnecessary barriers to education because they are forced to learn in formal French rather than in their native Creole dialect; contends that rule has contributed to nation's extreme poverty; hails collaboration between Haiti and MIT that has produced a collection of Creole educational resources. MORE

Jul. 15, 2014

United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon visits Haiti and seeks to assure Haitians that he is committed to ending cholera epidemic; Ban does not acknowledge UN's possible complicity in causing epidemic. MORE

Jun. 21, 2014

United Nations Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon is personally served with court papers ordering him to appear in court regarding lawsuits from Haiti cholera victims who assert United Nations peacekeepers caused 2010 epidemic still ravaging the country; Ban's spokesman denies that he touched the papers; UN officials argue that organization is insulated from such legal entanglements. MORE

Jun. 8, 2014

Political uncertainty reigns in Haiti as Pres Michel Martelly jousts with opponents over the staging of municipal and legislative elections intended for October; without election, Parliament could be dissolved in January, throwing the country into political chaos. MORE

May. 31, 2014

Saturday Profile of Haitian artist Philippe Dodard, who has been called Picasso of Haiti; Dodard's works tap into Haiti's rich tradition of art, and he is seeking to spread his influence as director of the country's only public arts school. MORE

May. 23, 2014

Dominican Republic, facing international pressure, is poised to create path to citizenship for tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent were born to illegal migrants, but have Dominican identification papers. MORE

May. 17, 2014

George Knoop, American missionary who moved to Haiti in wake of 2010 earthquake, is stabbed to death in Port-au-Prince. MORE

Apr. 24, 2014

Editorial laments Haiti's worsening cholera epidemic; holds problems with ending epidemic are tied to lack of money rather than lack of planning; notes several plans exist for dealing with epidemic, but that funds to implement them are sorely lacking as international attention has been focused elsewhere and donations have slowed; faults United Nations for its refusal to accept responsibility for crisis. MORE

Apr. 20, 2014

More than 8,560 people in Haiti have died of cholera since the outbreak began in 2010; United Nations, which has refused to address whether its peacekeepers brought the deadly strain of cholera to Haiti, has yet to raise the $5 million necessary to vaccinate those vulnerable to the waterborne illness, let alone the $2 billion that it promised to raise from rich countries to build Haiti's water and sanitation infrastructure. MORE

Apr. 17, 2014

Government audit reveals that post-earthquake housing program in Haiti financed by the United States Agency for International Development has delivered only a quarter of the planned number of houses at nearly twice the estimated cost. MORE

Mar. 12, 2014

Class-action lawsuit claiming to represent cholera victims in Haiti and their relatives in the United States is filed against United Nations in Federal District Court in Brooklyn; peacekeepers from Nepal, where cholera is endemic, have been blamed for situation. MORE

Feb. 21, 2014

Appeals court in Haiti rules that Jean-Claude Duvalier, one of country's most brutal dictators who was known as Baby Doc, can be charged with crimes against humanity; court stops short of ordering trial to proceed, calling instead for further investigation. MORE

Feb. 16, 2014

Dean Nelson travel article on Cascade Pichon in southeast Haiti; says spectacular waterfalls and a striking coastal town await those willing to endure punishing journeys to reach them. MORE

Jan. 19, 2014

Hatian Judge indicts nine people, including close associates of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in political assassination of radio journalist Jean Dominique. MORE

Jan. 12, 2014

Dominican Republic's Lago Enriquillo and neighboring Lac Azuei in Haiti are rising rapidly, flooding and submerging farms and ranches and displacing thousands of people; lakes have always had rising waters but never this large; cause is unknown, but consortium of scientists from United States and Dominican Republic are focusing on changing climate patterns as main culprit. MORE

Jan. 11, 2014

Editorial warns that Haiti remains a fragile, forgotten country four years after devastating earthquake; says humanitarian aid seems to have run its course without significant change; endorses United Nations action plan and calls on United States to stick to its commitments in country. MORE

Jan. 2, 2014

Nicholas D Kristof Op-Ed column shares the story of Marilaine, Haitian teenager who tried to find her family and escape her life as an unpaid laborer; notes that even after finding her family, Marilaine's story did not end happily; contends the story shows that what is at stake in fighting poverty is not just poor people's incomes, but also dignity and freedom. MORE

Dec. 26, 2013

Eighteen people believed to be migrants from Haiti die when their overloaded sailboat overturns as it is being escorted to shore in the Turks and Caicos Islands. MORE

Dec. 8, 2013

Nicholas D Kristof Op-Ed column highlights work done by Rea Dol, who has started a school in Haiti backed by donations made by high school students in Los Angeles; contends the school's success and efficacy underscores the way foreign aid can transform the lives of those most in need. MORE

Nov. 28, 2013

Survivors aboard Haitian migrant vessel that ran aground and capsized while en route to United States describe how crossing began without enough rations and ended in a frenzy; sinking is latest in spate of deadly crossings by Haitians, who are scraping together up to a year's wages for passage only to encounter unscrupulous captains who take no precautions for their safety. MORE

Nov. 27, 2013

At least 30 Haitians who tried to sail to the United States are found drowned after their overloaded boat runs aground off the Bahamas and capsizes. MORE

Oct. 24, 2013

Dominican Republic's top court declares that children of undocumented Haitian migrants, even those born on Dominican soil decades earlier, are no longer entitled to citizenship; decision throws into doubt the status of tens of thousands of people who have never known any other national identity. MORE

Oct. 16, 2013

Worker Rights Consortium report finds that garment factories in Haiti have shortchanged workers by nearly third of wages they are legally due in effort to keep costs of t-shirts and other export goods low. MORE

Oct. 13, 2013

Editorial criticizes United Nations for refusing to accept blame for Haiti's cholera epidemic, despite overwhelming evidence that its peacekeepers' recklessness led to the calamity; calls on the UN to acknowledge responsibility, apologize to Haitians and redouble its response to the epidemic. MORE

Oct. 10, 2013

United Nations is charged in a lawsuit with gross negligence in Haiti’s cholera epidemic, and accused by an anticorruption organization of oversight lapses in its own peacekeeping operations. MORE

Oct. 9, 2013

Advocates for Haitian victims of cholera epidemic that began in 2010 are suing United Nations, saying its peacekeepers introduced disease through sewage contamination; lawsuit will be strongest action taken in pressing United Nations to acknowledge some culpability for continuing outbreak, which still kills about 1,000 Haitians each year. MORE

Aug. 8, 2013

Yale University report holds United Nations responsible for cholera outbreak in Haiti, adding to assertions that UN peacekeepers inadvertently brought strain of disease there. MORE

Jun. 26, 2013

Government Accountability Office report finds that United States Agency for International Development, managing some of United States' signature projects to rebuild Haiti after 2010 earthquake, has mismanaged both funds and rebuilding effort; report raises concern among members of Congress who have questioned how well taxpayer funds are being spent in Haiti. MORE

May. 26, 2013

Upscale hotels are beginning to open in Haiti, despite fact that country remains poorest in northern hemisphere. MORE

Mar. 18, 2013

Editorial calls attention to fact that cholera crisis in Haiti is getting worse due to lack of money and basic medical supplies; calls on United Nations to mobilize doctors and money to save lives and to make sure eradication plan gets all it needs. MORE

Mar. 1, 2013

Jean-Claude Duvalier, former Hatian dictator known as Baby Doc and accused of bearing responsibility for deaths, torture and disappearance of hundreds of people, appears for first time in court to answer questions about his brutal 15-year reign; Duvalier's presence in court comes as surprise to many. MORE

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